Improvement in bee-hives



1). P. MILLER.

Bee-Hive.

No. 202,569. Patented April 16, 1878.

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ATTORNEYS I N PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASMINGTO UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID P. MILLER, OF LODI, NEW YORK.

M IMPROVEMENT lN BEE-HIVES.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 202,569, registered April 16, 1878 application filed January 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID P. MILLER, of Lodi, in the county of Seneca, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bee-Hives; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the constructioi'i and arrangement of a bee-hive, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my beehive, with the top lifted off and the front and one end broken to show the interior. Fig. 2is adetailed section of a part thereof.

A represents the base of the hive, supported at each end by a cross-bar, B, so as to elevate the base a suitable distance. In the center of the base A is an opening, a, closed by means of .a slide, 0, underneath, for convenience in cleaning out the hive. In the front edge of the base A is cut out the beeentrance b, as shown in Fig. 1.

D is the front, D the back, and D D? the end pieces of the hive, they being made entirely separate, and disconnected from each other and from the base.

The front and back are connected to the base A by means of hooks d, and said front and back are at their ends provided with angle or corner pieces E E, to which the endpieces D are connected by hooks d.

By this construction the hive canbe easily and quickly taken down for cleaning, and also be packed in small compass for transportation.

G is the lid or cover, provided around its edges with a flange or rim, G, which fits around the body of the hive, and the lid is then fastened by hooks (1 H H are the comb-frames, constructed substantially in the usual manner, except that their side bars h extend below the lower horizontal bar h, as seen in Fig. 2. At the front each frame H is provided with an L-shaped foot, k, the horizontal part of which is passed under a strip, 1', fastened to the base A, whereby the frames are held in place in the hive without danger of falling over when the end boxes J J are removed.

A box, J, is placed at each end within the hive, it being separated from the com b-frames by a division-board, I, which has a suitable opening for the passage of the bees.

On top of the frames H and boxes J are placed other honey-boxes, K, as shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. Iii-combination with the base A B of a bee-hive, the body, which incloses the frames and honey-boxes, made of four independent pieces, D D and D D, the parts D and D being provided with L-shaped corner-pieces E E, and connected to the end pieces D and to the base by hooks and staples, as herein set forth.

2. The base A, prox'ided with the strip z'and the comb-frames H, each provided with an L-shaped metallic foot, k, extending under the strip i, to prevent the frames from being raised, the parts being combined and used as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of December, 1877.

DAVID P. MILLER.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. WARD, H. V. L. J oNEs. 

